A major source of dangerous emissions come from vehicles, and while that new MacBook you ordered from Apple’s online store might be as environmentally-friendly and non-toxic as a laptop can possibly be, just having it delivered to you by FedEx results in some polluting exhaust spurts.

It doesn’t have to be that way, though. FedEx is jumping on the green machine and have just rolled out its first all-electric FedEx delivery trucks in the United States. It’s a limited roll out right now, only encompassing four electric vans out on the road of Los Angeles, but the delivery company promises to ramp up production.

Of course, the vehicles are expensive, so if you don’t live in Los Angeles, you may have a while to wait before they pull up at your door: each truck’s 80kWh battery costs more than a luxury sedan, so this is a significant investment for FedEx to roll out country wide.

Will they? Who knows? My guess is that given how expensive and battery inefficient electric cars still are, this is more a public relations move than a serious initiative… but I’d be delighted to be proven wrong by a silent and magical FedEx truck gliding up to my doorstep to deliver my next-generation iPad.